Chaplin calls for U.K. to legalise drugs

By Anonymous

Friday, May 07, 2010

The rocker entered into the Priory Clinic in 2006 to receive treatment for alcohol and drug abuse.

Although Chaplin admits he still drinks, he insists it was his cocaine habit that led him to spiral out of control - and is adamant the drugs problem would decrease if people were educated and narcotics were legal.

He tells the Gay Times, "The thing that was not doing me any favours was taking coke. There are two sides to this. There are plenty of people in this life who take coke, they can do it and they have got the self-control to, at the end of the night, say 'that's it' and get a bit of sleep and get up and do stuff the next day. I think that's perfectly possible, there are people like that. I will add the caveat that I think it's an insidious thing that kind of creeps up on you at the time. So anyone that has that attitude is treading dangerous ground.

"And then there's another ethical side to it about where it all comes from, whose pockets you're lining, how many people have copped it (died) along the way to provide you with this or that. Which is part of the reason why I think drugs should be made legal really. And people should be educated - learn about these things because all drugs charities say we're going nowhere with prohibition.

"I'm sure the government can make lots of taxes from it and build us some new roads."